Giving a 21st birthday photo album as a gift
Whether we are making it for ourselves or are looking to give a thoughtful gift to a loved one, we all have different reasons for making a photo book. There are many ways to gift a birthday photo album, but before all else, we need to consider who we are making this special gift for. Making a friends photo album can show a friend how much you have valued the moments you have shared and cherished together, whether you have known them for years or for months. A unique photo album such as this one is an ideal gift for a child, grandchild, niece or nephew – whoever you have watched grow up throughout the years. If this is the case, you might consider creating a 21st birthday photo book that focuses solely on the birthday girl or boy to give them an eternal gift to look back on for life. It can sometimes be hard to think of a gift for a parent or grandparent, but you can be sure that giving the gift of memories will always bring a smile to their face. If your birthday falls around Christmas or their birthday, or you are moving away and want to give them something to always remember you by, consider filling your 21st birthday photo album with photos of yourself (and of you two together of course!) throughout the years so that they can look back at this special gift that celebrates every year of your life so far whenever they miss you.
Choosing the perfect photos for your 21st birthday photo album
Once you know who you would like to make your 21st birthday photo album for, you can get to the fun part of finding your favourite photos of the star of this special album. If your birthday photo book is a gift, going through all of your old photos is just as much a treat for yourself as it is for the special person in your life. Much like you would for an 18th birthday photo album or for a 30th birthday photo album, this will give you the opportunity to look back fondly at all the memories you have shared and all of the moments you might have forgotten about over the years. Decide if you would like to select photos that only include you and your friend together for a friendship photo book or if you would like to make a special album that highlights their whole life throughout the past 21 years, whether or not that includes you! In such a case, consider asking their relatives or their other friends for their favourite photos of your friend throughout the years, and include all of those. A group effort will make this gift all the more special!
How to create a 21st birthday photo album
Now that you have chosen who this personalised photo book will be dedicated to and have selected all of your favourite photos, creating your 21st birthday photo album will be a breeze thanks to our easy-to-use online editing tool. Before all else, select the format and size of your photo album, along with your choice of smooth matte, textured ivory, or satin photo paper. Now that you have chosen your photos, consider where you would like to place them and drag and drop them into your desired location on the page. Perhaps you would like to keep a chronological theme and document you or your loved one’s life since birth, or maybe you would like to create an album that highlights the biggest adventures they have had throughout the years. If you are organising your photo book in chronological order, you might like to put a photo of them as a newborn at the hospital on the first page and the most recent photo you have of them on the very last page. The birthday boy or girl can see how they have grown throughout the years if you put the photos in order, but if you are unsure of the exact dates each photo was taken, group similar-looking photos together based on general age range or events happening in the photos. If you are making more of a travel photo book that highlights your globetrotter’s adventures throughout the years, consider grouping photos together by city or country. In this case, chronology might not be as important. You can begin with their earliest adventures to their most recent ones, or anywhere in between! The next aspect to consider is the aesthetic perspective. After making sure that your photos fit our photo quality requirements, group photos together by landscape or portrait perspective. Put two landscape photos together on a page, or mix up the formats and put them together like the pieces of a puzzle. For your favourite photos of the highest quality, consider placing it centre stage on a single page on our high-quality photo book paper.
